What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you write it with your right hand”?
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The questioner : In the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in Surat al-'Ankabut: [Al-'Ankabut 29:48] What is the meaning of “write it with your right hand”?
The Shaykh : It means he was illiterate, he could neither read nor write. What is the problem with that for you?
The questioner : I do not know what this “writing with the right hand” means.
The Shaykh: How.
The questioner : Perhaps it was confused in my mind. I looked at the tafsir. Oh, glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : I have not yet understood your question, or rather, the motivation behind the question.
The questioner : No, glory be to Allah, I understood the opposite, which is that the verse is clear.
The Shaykh : Oh, well, let us move on from the surah then.
The questioner : Good, if Allah wills.
And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you inscribe one with your right hand
وما كنت تتلوا من قبله من كتاب ولا تخطه بيمينكThe Shaykh : It means he was illiterate, he could neither read nor write. What is the problem with that for you?
The questioner : I do not know what this “writing with the right hand” means.
The Shaykh: How.
The questioner : Perhaps it was confused in my mind. I looked at the tafsir. Oh, glory be to Allah.
The Shaykh : I have not yet understood your question, or rather, the motivation behind the question.
The questioner : No, glory be to Allah, I understood the opposite, which is that the verse is clear.
The Shaykh : Oh, well, let us move on from the surah then.
The questioner : Good, if Allah wills.
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